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New data showing that patterns of water and methane in Mars’ atmosphere overlap may have important implications for the idea that the planet could harbour life. The finding comes from the Mars Express probe in orbit around the Red Planet. If microbes are making methane seen in Mars’ atmosphere, they would rely on water, so…

WIRELESS broadband networks will connect almost 287,000 Australian subscribers by 2008, a five fold increase on the 25,000 expected to get their high speed internet over the air this year, new research predicts. In the latest edition of its Australian Wireless Broadband Market Update, researcher IDC found that wireless broadband service providers, such as Sydney’s…

AUSTRALIA is a world leader in phishing scams and the fourth most common launching pad for internet attacks, research shows. A recent Symantec internet security threat report, which covers trends for the six months to June 30, ranks Australia fourth behind the US, China and Canada as the ‘last known source’ of internet attacks. Australia…

PRIME Minister John Howard today said he would not hesitate to launch an attack on another country if there was no alternative to protect Australians from terrorism. He also criticised Opposition Leader Mark Latham for failing to give the same assurance. Mr Howard said his first and foremost responsibility was to the people of Australia…

A draft report by the top U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq concludes no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction were found, but there was evidence Saddam Hussein intended to resurrect weapons programs, U.S. government sources said on Thursday. Charles Duelfer, the CIA-appointed leader of the weapons hunt, was still finalizing the roughly 1,500 page-report, which…

Though the Mozilla Web browser’s share is still small, it’s winning converts wary of security holes in Microsoft’s dominant product. When was the last time you heard about the browser wars? Well, they’re back. The reason: For the first time in more than seven years, Microsoft (MSFT ) is losing Web browser market share. And…

A number of ingenious uses for Google’s capacious free email service Gmail have surfaced since the service’s launch. Gmail was created by the web search company Google in April 2004 amid much excitement as every user is promised an unprecedented gigabyte of storage space for messages. Google encourages users to keep all their old messages…

ALCOHOL is the nation’s ‘drug of choice’, with 5million Australians regularly drinking too much, the Salvation Army has warned. Releasing new research showing 31 per cent of people older than 14 knocked back between six and 30 drinks in one session at least once a month, Major Mark Campbell yesterday said alcohol was ‘out of…

AUSTRALIA is being flooded with pirate DVDs – and the money is helping fund global terrorism. The number of pirate discs recovered by police and customs during the first quarter of this year has already matched the total for last year. And Interpol is warning that counterfeit discs have overtaken drugs as the biggest source…

The Federal Opposition says it will spend $21 million on anti-smoking campaigns if it wins next month’s federal election. Opposition health spokeswoman Julia Gillard says the money will be spent over four years on television advertisements that encourage people to quit smoking. Ms Gillard says Labor wants to drive smoking rates down to 15 per…